by Jim Stitzel | Mar 27, 2019 | General
Apartment living is always a mixed bag. On the one hand, as just one person, I don’t need a lot of space. On the other, the space isn’t truly my own, so customizing it to suit my needs and wants is generally out of the question. Options get limited quickly...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 24, 2019 | General
I’ve had a lot of different imagery floating through my mind over the last year as I’ve progressively taken more control and responsibility for my personal growth and development, both as an individual and as someone living a chronic mental illness. Fire...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 13, 2019 | General
Yesterday was a difficult day, the first I’ve had in quite a while (if you don’t count the panic attack I suffered the first couple days of the year). It was bad enough that I took the first emergency klonopin I’ve needed in weeks. On the one hand,...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 9, 2019 | General
I rise suddenly from sleep, my mind whirling a thousand klicks a second. The vestiges of my dreams cling to me like a vapor — but only for a moment. A moment and it is gone, a breath puffed away in less than a heartbeat. The only thing I’m left with is the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 6, 2019 | General
From the moment I was hospitalized in 2016 with severe depression and suicidal ideation, when my marriage, my employment, and essentially the entirety of my life crumbled in a burning pile of ash, until my arrest this past May, I had lived with family. I spent the...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 5, 2019 | General
One of the biggest changes that 2018 brought into my life was my professional development. In April I became an entrepreneur, launching my own business. This is something I’ve wanted to do for years, and it was both exciting and terrifying at the same time....
